Cognition and Schizophrenia: From Neurocognition to Social Cognition
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https://doi.org/10.25752/psi.3322Keywords:
Schizophrenia, Cognition, Social Cognition, Functionality, Quality of Life, MCCB, MATRICSAbstract
Neurocognitive deficits in schizophrenia have been described since the first descriptions of the disorder. Its influence on the functionality and quality of life has been demonstrated in multiple studies . The Measurement and Treatment Initiative Research to Improve Cognition in Schizophrenia (MATRICS ) of the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) in the United States was launched to promote the development of a consensus cognitive battery that could be used in clinical trials of drugs to improve neurocognition in schizophrenia. Although at the time of agreeing on the various cognitive domains that should be included in this battery, the so-called social cognition did not meet the requirements to be included, it happened that finally it was decided to include this domain, given the important relationship with the functionality. Subsequent studies have shown the wisdom of including such cognitive domain, given the importance that social cognition has shown in relation to the functionality and quality of life of patients with schizophrenia, be it as a variable per se or as a mediating variable between neurocognition and functionality.
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